ABOUT
The second annual Global Citizen NOW: Health and Climate Financing Sessions is a high-level event and thought leadership series that brings together foremost leaders from the public and private sectors. It aims to address pressing global issues at the intersection of climate change and extreme poverty. The summit will unite leaders from government, the private sector, multilateral institutions, and civil society to tackle urgent global challenges related to climate, health, and finance.
PROGRAM
*Subject to change with new participants to be announced soon.*
Keynote Address: President of Malawi Lazarus McMarthy Chakwera in Conversation with Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans
Keynote Address: Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados
High-Level Dialogue on International Financial Architecture Reform
This panel aims to discuss if we are on track to build a more inclusive and resilient international financial system for those most impacted by rapid environmental change.
FEATURING: Dr. David Passarelli, Macky Sall, Ban Ki-moon, Ville Tavio
The Climate Crisis and Infectious Diseases
This high-level panel discussion will unpack how to mitigate climate change impacts on vector-borne and infectious diseases while promoting health resilience through sustainable practices and smart investments.
FEATURING: Dean Linda Fried, Dr. Sania Nishtar
Women's Economic POWER: The Secret Ingredient
This panel explores unlocking women’s economic power across Africa from three distinct angles- ensuring improved gender-responsive health outcomes; reforming financial systems; and unleashing capital to elevate young women business entrepreneurs.
FEATURING: Dr. Kemi DaSilva-Ibru, DJ Cuppy, Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi
Guardians of the Planet: How Can We Ensure Indigenous People and Local Communities are Leading Efforts to Protect Both Nature and Human Health?
This conversation will contribute to a meaningful milestone announcement at COP30, highlighting how we can collaboratively elevate Indigenous and local communities as leaders in the global effort to protect our planet.
FEATURING: Mustafa Santiago Ali, Josh Tosteson, Victor A. Lopez-Carmen
Addressing the Human Costs of Extreme Heat - Financing Measures to Safeguard Human Health at an International and National Level
We need comprehensive solutions to address the health crisis & economic loss of extreme heat. This panel aims to inspire action towards implementing heat protection laws, securing disaster funding, and unlocking financial mechanisms.
FEATURING: Dr. Jay Lemery, Deanne Criswell, Jane Gilbert, Dr. Kimberly Humphrey
How to Scale Financing for the Poorest and Most Vulnerable?
This session aims to discuss the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, featuring global leaders and expert voices, to flush out if this new and innovative solution around taxing fossil fuel industries is possible.
FEATURING: Laurence Tubiana, H.E. Gaston Browne, Gargee Ghosh, Ed Milliband
From Farms to Futures: Tracing the Impact of Farming Women
As the risks of climate induced food insecurity and health risks increase, this panel discusses the importance of women farmers and their impact on wellbeing, community nutrition, social safety, and transforming communities.
FEATURING: Nomzamo Mbatha, C.D. Glin
PARTICIPANTS & MODERATORS
Mustafa Santiago Ali
Executive Vice President of Conservation & Justice for the National Wildlife Federation
H.E. Gaston Browne
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera
President of Malawi
Deanne Criswell
Administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
DJ Cuppy
Musician and Gender Equity Advocate, Nigeria
Dr. Kemi DaSilva-Ibru
Gynecologist & Obstetrician, Founder Women At Risk International Foundation (WARIF), Nigeria
Sabrina Dhowre Elba
Actor and Model, UN Goodwill Ambassador for International Fund for Agricultural Development, Global Citizen Ambassador
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
Dean Linda Fried
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Brianna Fruean
Pacific Climate Warrior, Environmental Advocate, Global Citizen Prize Winner
Jane Gilbert
Chief Heat Officer, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Gargee Ghosh
President, Global Policy Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
C.D. Glin
President, PepsoCo Foundation & Global Head of Social Impact at PepsiCo Inc.
Dr. Kimberly Humphrey
Senior Emergency Medicine Specialist, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, Climate Change and Human Health Fellow 2022-2023, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Ban Ki-moon
8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Dr. Jay Lemery
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Endowed Chair in Climate Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Victor A. Lopez-Carmen
MPH, is a Dakota and Yaqui writer and Indigenous climate health advocate
Nomzamo Mbatha
Actor, Humanitarian, UNHCR and Global Citizen Ambassador
Ed Milliband
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, UK Government
Dr. Sania Nishtar
CEO, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi
President and CEO, African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), Ghana
Dr. David Passarelli
Director, UNU Centre for Policy Research & Head of Secretariat, Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism
Macky Sall
4th President of Senegal and Special Envoy of the Paris Pact for Peoples and Planet (4P)
Peter Sands
Executive Director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Andrea Shalal
White House Correspondent, Reuters
Ville Tavio
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Finland
Josh Tosteson
CEO, Everland
Laurence Tubiana
President, European Climate Foundation, Co-Chair of the Secretariat of the Global Solidarities Levies Task Force